Combination railway-tie and clamp.



J. T. MOGONIGAL. COMBINATION RAILWAY TIE AND CLAMP.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 19, 1913.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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UTED STATES JEROME T. MGGONTGAL, ,OF POTTERSDAL'E, PENN$YLVANIA.

COMBINATION RAILWAY-TIE AND CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patcnted'Sept-23, 1913.

Application filed July 19, 19,13. Seriallio. 1800,46.

To all whom :it mag concern Be it kn wn that I, J R M Tama s .l ;Gomonn, a citizen of the Unlted States, re-

siding at Pottersd ale, in the county of Clear- ;field and State of Rennsylyania, have in- .venteda new and useful Combination Railway-Tie and Clamp; and 1 ,do hereby d e- .clare the following to be .a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which :it appentains to make land use the-same.

This inrention relates ate a new and useful combination a'ailway tie and clamp.

As an object of the ,invention it is the aim :to :prouide a tie, each .end of which .on its under surface is so constructed or hollowed out, so -as to maintain ,the proper position.

Another feature of the invention ,is the provision of a tie having two setsof teeth, each set to be engaged by teeth of a rail plate which supports a rail. As a rule, the rails are vertical. But sometimes, however, the rails become outwardly turned or inclined from one another, thereby causing the car wheels to run on the inside of the rails, and in this case the rail plates are provided with inclined surfaces as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, to which the patentee is entitled, provided the alterations fall within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved tie constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 .t of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the rail sup porting plates.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the railway tie, which may be constructed of any suitable metal.

The central portion of the tie is made thinner than the end of the tie, and in cross section the central portion of the tie upon its under surface is rounded, and designated y :tho .clnnjaoter ,3, tlugroby preventing the tie from gathering a central solid foundation. lllhe under surface of the tie at each end arched, so as to receive and hug closely to,the ballast or the road bed. The purpose of this arched under surface 3 of the tie is to prevent creeping. The purpose for roundingthe central portion of the neon its umder surface is to permit of a sight flexibility of the tie in the .direc tionof the rails, or in other words, a slight rocking of the tie.

By construcing the under surface of the ,tie at each endarched like, as shown at 3, the derangement of the ballast and .the road bed is considerably obviated. l urthermore, the entire length of the tie is constructed hollow, as designatediby the character 5.

The ends .of the tie upon its upper surface are provided with corrugations .7, which are engaged by the corrugations S of the rail plates Q, on which and betweQn the shoulders 1.0 of the rail plates the bases of the rails engage. These rail plates are socured in position by spikes 11, the lower ends of which are round or cylindrical, and pass through tubes 12, there being nuts 13 to secure the spikes in position. The portions of the spikes adjacent their heads are rectangular in cross section, so as to prevent turning of the spikes, which also pass through the tie. As a rule, the surfaces 14L of the rail plates on which surfaces the rails rest, are substantially horizontal, thereby holding the rails vertically. However, sometimes the rails become outwardly turned or inclined from one another, owing to the downward movement of the outer end of the tie, thereby causing the car wheels to sometimes run 011 the inside of the rails, and in this case, rail plates having their surfaces 14 inclined as shown in Figs. 1 and 5 are substituted, thereby throwing the rails toward one another, so as to cause the car wheels to run upon the center of the rails. Vhen the end portions of the tie move downwardly, the central portion of the tie bows or yields upwardly.

The invention having been set forth,what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A railway tie comprising an elongated body, the under surfaces of which at its ends are arched upwardly, while its central portion is contracted and constructed circular on its under surface in cross section, thereby permitting the outer ends of the tie to move downwardly while the central portion bows upwardly incident to weight thereon.

2. A railway tie having concaved under surfaces at its ends and provided with a contracted convexed central portion, which permits the end portions to move downwardly while the central portion bows or yields upwardly.

A railway tie having concaved under surfaces at its ends and. provided with a contracted convexed central portion, which permits the end portions to move clownwardly while the central portion bows or yields upwardly, said tie having its end portions hollow.

4:. A railway tie having concaved under surfaces at its ends and provided with a contracted conveXed central portion,'whicl1 permits the end portions to move downwardly while the central portion bows or yields upwardly, said tie having its end portions hollow, the upper surface of the tie being constructed with means at each end for holding the rails inclined toward one another normally. 7

5. A railway tie having concaved under surfaces at its ends and provided with a contracted convexed central portion, which 7 6. A railway tie having concaved under I surfaces at its ends and provided with a contracted c-onvexed central portion, the concaved under surfaces constltutlng means to prevent derangement of the ballast and the road bed, while the convexed central pore tion acts to permit flexibility of the tie and a slight rocking of the same in the direction of the rails, the entire length of the tie being hollow, the upper surface of the tie having corrugations adjacent each end, rail plates having corrugations to engage the corrugations of the tie, said tie having tubes embedded therein, and means engaging the rail plates and the rails and entering said tubes for holding the plates and the rails in position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

JEROME 'r. McGONIGAL. Witnesses W. E. GILLILAND, B. P. GILLILAND.

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